Evener.



W. A.- PAUL.

EVENER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16,,1907.

Patentd 0012.26, 1909;

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

w. A. PAUL.

' EVENER. APPLICATION FILED OOT.16, 1907.

, Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

3 SHEETS-BHEET 2.

- W. A. PAUL.

EVENER.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.16, 1907. v

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 3.

UNITED STATES LATENT OFFICE.

WESLEY A. PAUL, OF PERU, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID BRADLEY MANUFACTUR-ING- COMPANY, OF BRADLEY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

EVENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed October 16, 1907. Serial No. 397,747.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY A. PAUL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peru, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eveners, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to eveners for agricultural implements, such ascultivators, and has for its object to provide a new and 1mprovedevene-r which may be readily adapted for three, four or five horses. Iaccomplish this object as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafterdescribed.

That which I believe to be new is set forth in the claims. a

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improved evener as arranged for a five-horse team; Fig.2 illustrates the arrangement used for a four-horse team; and Fig. 3 thearrangement for a three-horse team.

Referring to the drawings,-4-5 indicate tongues or poles spaced adistance apart and extending forward from the forward portions 6-7 ofthe frame of the machine. Said tongues are similar to the ordinarycultivator tongue, but are set far enough apart so that a horse may beplaced between them. They are rigidly connected to the frames 6-7 in anysuitable way.

8 indicates a crossbar connecting the rear end-portions of the tonguesand secured fixedly to the frame of the machine. Said crossbar serves tosupport certain parts of the evener, as will hereinafter appear.

9-10 indicate equalizer -bars fulcrumed between their ends upon suitablesupports 11-12, respectively, which are fixedly secured to the members6-7 of the frame and are preferably braced from the rear ends of thetongues by straps 13-14, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1. 15-16indicate the pivots or fulcra of said bars which, as shown in Fig. 1,are placed nearer the outer than the inner ends of said bars,-in theconstruction shown said fulcra being placed twice as far from the innerends of their respective bars as from the outer ends thereof.

17-18 indicate straps which depend from the ends of the crossbar 8 andcarry sheaves 19-20, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1.

21-22 indicate chains connected at their upper ends to the outer ends ofthe equalizerbars 9-10, respectively, and passing down around thesheaves 19-20 to swingle-trees 23-24 to which they are respectivelyconnected. Thus the draft of the horses secured to the swingle-trees23-24 serves to pull down on the outer ends of the equalizerbars 9-10.

25-26 indicate straps, which depend from the inner portion of thecrossbar 8 at opposite sides of the center thereof and carry sheaves27-28, respectively.

29 indicates a chain, the ends of which are secured to the inner ends ofthe equalizerbars 9-10, said chain passing down around the sheaves 27-28and having its intermediate portion extended around a sheave 30 carriedat the lower end of a strap 31 suspended from the central portion of thecrossbar 8 by one or more straps 32, as shown in Fig. 1. Straps 32extend forward from the crossbar 8, so that the strap 31 is carried inadvance of the sheaves 27-28.

33 indicates a long equalizer in the form of a bar, which carriesswingle-trees 34-35 at its ends, said equalizer being of such lengththat the swingle-trees 34-35 are carried outside of the swingle-trees23-24, as shown in Fig. 1. The equalizer 33 is carried under the poles4-5, being supported by straps 36-37, which are secured to the undersides of said poles so that they support said equalizer but permit alimited' amount of forward and backward movement thereof.

38 indicates a strap, which at its upper end is pivot-ally connectedwith the center of the equalizer 33, as shown at 39 in Fig. 1 andextends downward in front of the strap 31, to which it is connected byone or more straps 40, as also shown in Fig. 1. The straps 40 areconnected with the straps 31 and 38 near the upper ends thereof.

41 indicates a swingle-tree carried at the lower end of the strap 38.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the outermosthorses, which are connected to the swingle-trees 34-35, draw directlyupon the outer ends of the equalizer 33 and that their draft istransmitted through straps 38, 40 and 31 to the chain 2 9. The centerhorse, which is placed between the poles 4-5, draws upon theswingle-tree 41, the draft being also transmitted through links 40 andstrap 31 to the chain 29 and thence to the inner ends of theequalizerbars 910. The intermediate horsesiwhichg nected to the innerend-portions of said are hitched to the swingle-trees 2324E, drawequalizer-bars and having means for conupon the outer ends OI theequal1Zer-bars| 910 through chains 2122, respectively. The fulcra of theseveral bars are so placed that the draft of the two horses connectedwith the outer ends of the equalizer-bars 9-10 balances that of thesingle horse connected with the swingle-tree 4:1 and the two outsidehorses connected with the swingletrees The four-horse arrangementillustrated in Fig. 2 is very similar to that already described,thedifference being that the straps 38 and 40 and swingle-tree 41 areomitted and instead of the strap 31 a similar strap a2 is employedconnected at its upper end with the crossbar 8 by a rod, or otherconnection, 13 and pivotally connected centrally with the equalizer-bar33 by an arm 44, as shown in Fig. 2. Except for the fact that the centerhorse is not used, the construction and arrangement are otherwise thesame as that shown in Fig. 1.

Foruse with three horses, as shown in Fig. 3, the long equalizer-bar 33is omitted and also the strap 42 and connection 43 of the four-horsearrangement,ethe swingletree ll being in this case connected directly tothe chain 29. The draft of the center horse is therefore transmitteddirectly to the inner ends of the equalizer-bars 9-10 and works againstthe draftof the outer horses connectedto the swingle-trees 23-24. Thelower ends of the straps 2526 in this arrangement are connected togetherby a strap 45 so as to hold the sheaves 2728 properly apart.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that my improved evenermay be readily arranged for three, four or live horses.

That which I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is,

1. The combination of a machine frame, a transverselyextendingequalizer-bar, draft devices connected with the end portions thereof, apair of equalizer-bars extending transversely of the machine frame andfulcrumed thereupon between their ends, a flexible connection connectingthe inner end portions of the latter equalizer-bars, flexibleconnections connected to the outer ends of the latter equalizer-bars andhaving means independent of said first-mentioned equalizer-bar forattachment to draft animals, sheaves around which the several flexibleconnections pass, and means including a draft device, connecting saidfirst-mentioned equalizer-bar with the flexible connection connected tothe inner end portions of the other equalizer-bars. V

2. The combination of a machine frame, a pair of equalizer-barsextending transversely thereof and fulcrumed thereupon between theirends, a flexible connection connection to a draft animal,flexible;connect1ons connected to the outer ends of said equalizer-barsand having means for attachment to a draft animal, sheaves around whichthe several flexible connections pass, depending straps by which saidsheaves are carried, a transversely-extending equalizerbar, and draftdevices connected with the outer end-portions thereof, said equalizerbarbeing connected with said first-mentioned flexible connection. 7

3. The combination of a machine frame,

transversely disposed equalizer bars fulcrumed upon the frame to swingin a vertical plane, draft devices connected by'fiexi ble connectionswith the outer end portions of said equalizer-bars, a draftdeviceconnected by a flexible connection and lever mechanism with theinner end portions of said equalizer-bars, and sheaves for guiding saidflexible connections.

4. The combination of a machine frame, transverselydisposedequalizer-bars ful-' crumed upon the frame to swing in a vertical plane,draft devices connected by flexi ble connections with the outerend-portions of said equalizer-bars, a draft device con nected by aflexible connection with the inner end-portions of said equalizer-bars,tongues extending forward from the machine frame, an equalizerbarextending across and supported by said tongues, draft devices connectedwith the outer end-por- SUI tions of the latter equalizer-bar, andmeans7 connecting the latter equalizer-bar with the flexible connection whichis connected to the inner-end portions of said first-mentionedequalizer-bars V V 5. The combination of a machine frame,

tongues extending forward therefrom, short equalizer-bars mounted on theframe, draft devicesv connected with the outer end por-;

tions of said short equalizer-bars, a long equalizer-bar extendingtransversely of said tongues and supported thereby independently of saidshort equalizer-bars, draft devices connected' with the outer endportions of said long equalizer-bar, and means con-f necting said longequalizer-bar intermedie ately with the inner end portions of said shortequalizer-bars.

6. The combination of a machine frame, tongues extending forwardtherefrom, a

long equalizer-bar extending transversely of? said tongues and supportedthereby, short equalizer-bars fulcrumed upon the frame to swing in avertical plane, draft devices'con-' nected with the outerend-portions'of said shortqualizer-bars, draft devices connected withthe outer end-portions of said long equalizer-bar, and meansconnecting'said" long equalizer-bar centrally with the innerend-portions of said short equalizer-bars V 7. The combination of amachine frame, tongues extending forward therefrom, a long equalizer-barextending transversely of said tongues and supported thereby, shortequalizer-bars fulcrumed upon the frame to swing in a vertical plane,draft devices connected with the outer end-portions of said shortequalizer-bars, draft devices connected with the outer end-portions ofsaid long equalizer-bar, a strap depending centrally from said longequalizer-bar, said strap being connected intermediately with the innerend portions of said short-equaliZer-bars and with the machine frame,and a draft device at the lower end-portion of said strap.

8. The combination of a machine frame, tongues extending forwardtherefrom, a long equalizer-bar extending transversely of said tonguesand supported. thereby, short equalizer-bars fulcrumed upon the frame toswing in a vertical plane, draft devices connected with the outerend-portions of said short equalizer-bars, draft devices connected withthe outer-end portions of said long equalizerbar, a strap connected atits lower end with the inner end-portions of said short equalizer-barsand at its upper end with the machine frame, and means pivotallyconnecting said strap with said long equalizer-bar.

9. The combination of a machine frame, short equalizer-bars fulcrumedthereupon to swing in a vertical plane, tongues extending forward fromthe machine frame, a long equalizer-bar extending transversely of saidtongues and supported thereby, draft devices connected with the outerend-portions of said long equalizer-bar, straps depending from themachine frame adjacent to the end-portions of said short equalizer-bars,sheaves carried by said straps, flexible connections connected with theouter end-portions of said short equalizer-bars and passing through theadjacent sheaves, draft devices connected with said flexibleconnections, a flexible connection connected with the inner end-portionsof said short equalizer-bars and passing around the adjacent sheaves, astrap connected at its upper end with the machine frame and at its lowerend having a sheave around which said last-mentioned flexible connectionpasses, and means connecting said last-mentioned strap with said longequalizer-bara,

10. The combination of a machine frame, short equalizer-bars fulcrumedthereupon to swing in a vertical plane, tongues extending forward fromthe machine frame, a long equalizer-bar extending transversely of saidtongues and supported thereby, draft devices connected with the outerend-portions of said long equalizer-bar, straps depending from themachine frame adjacent to the endportions of said short equalizer-bars,sheaves carried by said straps, flexible connections connected with theouter end-portions of said short equalizer bars and passing through theadjacent sheaves, draft devices connected with said flexibleconnections, a flexible connection connected with the inner end-portionsof said short equalizer-bars and passing around the adjacent sheaves, astrap connected at its upper end with the machine frame and at its lowerend having a sheave around which said last-mentioned flexible connectionpasses, means connecting said last-mentioned strap with said longequalizer-bar, a strap connected at its upper end centrally with saidlong equalizer-bar and having a draft device at its lower end, and meansconnecting the last-mentioned straps so that draft applied tothe'last-mentioned draft device is transmitted to the inner ends of saidshort equalizer-bars.

WESLEY A. PAUL.

Witnesses T. W. KOEHLER, CHI-is. B. HOENSOHEID.

